{"product_id":"eat-what-you-kill-milton-c-regan-9780472031603","title":"Eat What You Kill: The Fall of a Wall Street Lawyer","description":"\"A wonderful character study of someone whose cognitive dissonance ('I am brilliant, therefore I must be doing everything correctly') led directly to his downfall. Students would do well to read this book before venturing forth into a large firm, a small firm, or any pressure-cooker environment.\"\u003cbr\u003e-Nancy Rapoport, University of Houston Law Center \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eEat What You Kill\u003c\/i\u003e is gripping and well written. . . . It weaves in academic commentary and understanding of professional ethics issues in a way that makes it accessible to everyone.\"\u003cbr\u003e-Frank Partnoy, University of San Diego Law School \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe had it all, and then he lost it. But why did he do it, risking everything-wealth, success, livelihood, freedom, and the security of family? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eEat What You Kill\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of John Gellene, a rising star and bankruptcy partner at one of Wall Street's most venerable law firms. But when Gellene became entangled in a web of conflicting corporate and legal interests involving one of his clients, he was eventually charged with making false statements, indicted, found guilty of a federal crime, and sentenced to prison. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMilton C. Regan Jr. uses Gellene's case to prove that such conflicting interests are now disturbingly commonplace in the world of American corporate finance. Combining a journalist's eye with sharp psychological insight, Regan spins Gellene's story into a gripping drama of fundamental tensions in modern-day corporate practice and describes in perfect miniature the inexorable confluence of the interests of American corporations and their legal counselors. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis confluence may seem natural enough, but because these law firms serve many masters-corporations, venture capitalists, shareholder groups-it has paradoxically led to deep, pervasive conflicts of interest. \u003ci\u003eEat What You Kill\u003c\/i\u003e gives us the story of a man trapped in this labyrinth, and reveals the individual and systemic factors that contributed to Gellene's demise. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Milton C. Regan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0472031600\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780472031603\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Michigan Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.22lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 6.36w x 0.90d","brand":"Milton C. Regan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43946674225407,"sku":"9780472031603","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_4a66238c-5990-41a7-8dcd-dfa97c113fbb.jpg?v=1681514488","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/eat-what-you-kill-milton-c-regan-9780472031603","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}